PUBLISHED THREE TIMES ▲
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914 ..
Volume XVI, No. 31
PROF. YOLMG DIVULGES
CONFERENCE PURS
SPECIAL COMMONWEALTH SES
SION CALLED TO DISCUSS
LEGISLATIVE PROBLEMS
CLASSES MAY MEET AS USUAL
Program to Extend Over Three Days;
Governor-Elect Withycombe
Will Preside
“Of course we want the students
to be interested and present as much
as possible, but I don’t think the rec
itations will be waives except in the
case of a few of us who have to be
present,” stated F. G. Young, Pro
fessor of Economics and Sociology,
in speaking of the Commonwealth
Conference which will be held in Vil
lard Hall at the University, on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, December
10, 11 and 12. This is the first spe
cial session of the Commonwealth
Conference on Legislative Problems.
The program is as follows:
I.
The first problem: Efficiency and
Economy in the State Government of
Oregon, Thursday, December .10, at
10:00 o’clock.
Opening address, by Dr. James
Withycombe, Governor-Elect and Pre
siding Officer.
The Proble mof the Organization of
the State Administration, by James
D. Barnett, Professor of Political Sci
ence at the University of Oregon.
II.
Presentation and Criticism of Plans
—Outlined as suggestions for reor
ganization of different departments
of State Administration.
Principles upon which reorganiza
tion of departments, offices and insti
tutions should be planned.
III.
Three members have been asked to
lead in the discussion of each of the
outlined plans covering the following
proposed departments:
1. Agriculture.
2. Education.
Afternoon Session, 1:30 O’Clock
3. Finance Administration.
4. Public Health and Safety.
5. Public Works and Conservation.
6. Labor.
7. Charitable and Correctional Ad
ministration.
8. Control of Public Service Cor
porations.
The improved state budget that
would be possible under such a reor
ganized State Administration system.
IV.
Second Problem: Unemployment
and the Conservation of Labor.
Friday, December 11
Tendencies and Plans in the Em
ployment Legislation. State and Na
tional. By Joseph Mayper, General
Secretary and Counsel on Distribution,
. North American Civic League fob Im
migrants.
Employment Legislation for Wash
ington. A. H. Grput, Labor Commis
sioner of Seattle.
Proposed Program for Legislation
for Oregon. A. H. Harris, formerly
Editor Portland Labor Press.
General Discussion.
V.
Friday Evening
Outlook as to Immigration and Pol
icies that should call forth. Joseph
Mayper, North American Civic League
for Immigrants.
Aspects of Problem of Unemploy
ment. Charles James.
Friday, Forenoon Session, 9:30
Opening Address. Hon H. B. Mil
(Continued on page 4.)
SOPHOMORE JOKESTER PLIES
PRACTICAL PRANK ON SENIOR
Diploma-Chaser Outpigs Sopher, but
—Oh, Sad Story—the Senior
Is Stung
ine r-ornana eiectnc ciangea inxo
the O. E. depot Sunday evening. Stu
dents, fresh from their attack on the
gobbler, were rushing off the train.
A prominent Senior made his way,
laboriously, through the vast throng
that crowded the platform to the side
of a fair arrival. She was a Fresh
man and was escorted by a Sopho
more who carried two suitcases. Ask
ing no questions, the Senior seized
the suitcases from the unwilling
hands of the second year representa
tive, who, incidentally, wears the
same pin as the Senior. The cases
were heavy and the destination was
a certain big, yellow house on Twelfth
and Hilyard streets—but these diffi
culties in nowise dampened the ardor
of the ambitious Senior. Finally, af
ter a long and tiresome walk—punc
tuated by frequent stops—he arrived
at his destination, only to find that
but one case belonged to his fair com
panion. The other was owned by his
fraternity brother. ,
With true sportsmanship, next
year’s alumnus gripped the handle of
the case firmly and made his way
down Twelfth street to the point of
intersection with Mill and was hear
tily greeted by the Sophomore joke
ster.
MABEL HUMAN, 13
DIES IN PORTLAND
Deceased Dies After a. Sudden Illness
Which Necessitated a Speedy
Operation
Intelligence was received on the
campus today of the death in Portland
yesterday morning of Miss Mabel Zim
merman, a member of the 1913 grad
uating class of the University.
Miss Zimmerman’s death was sud
den, following an illness of but a few
days’ duration. She became ill Sun
day, but was apparently in no danger
until Tuesday, when she was removed
to the Good Samaritan Hospital and
operated upon. She lived but a few
hours after the operation was per-,
formed, dying at 1:00 o’clock yester
day morning. -
Miss Zimmerman was born at Fair
view, Oregon, 23 years ago. With
her sister, Olive Zimmerman, she en
tered the University in 1909. She was
a member of the Delta Gamma soror
ity.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at the Centenary Methodist
Episcopal Church of Portland. The
pall bearers will be Donald Pague,
John Black, Francis Curtis and Earl
Murphy, all former students of the
University.” • • °. t'
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GIRLS’ FIRST* INTERCLAS|>
BASKETBALL GAME DEC. IP
The first game of the women’s inter
class basketball will be played in the
Women’s Gymnasium on December 15.
There is a silver cup offered by Mr.
Hayward to the winning team. It was
won by the Seniors last year.
The teams have been practicing for
some time, but unless more Juniors
and Seniors turn out they will be
forced to forfeit the cup.
In past years a cup has been of
fered the sorority teams, but on ac
count of lack of time and space in
the gym, there will be no games be
tween them this year.
“SUPPOSITION AND REALITY”
THIS IS THE
TYPE That
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TO iNHKBit
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TYPE THM
REAU.Y DOES
INHABIT THE
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Y. M.C.A.
SOCCER TRYOUT DEC. 12
Whites and Blacks Will Meet On Kin
caid Field Friday at
3:00 O’Clock
A tryout game of soccer football,
intended to test the candidates for the
Varsity team, is to be played at 3:00
o’clock Friday afternoon on Kincaid
Field. No admission will be charged.
From the 22 men playing and from
the substitutes will be hcosen the elev
en that will represent the University
in the first outside struggle of the
year, probably December 12.
The tryout teams will be called
Whites and Blacks, respectively. The
Whites are to weaer gymnasium suits
or white jerseys and knickers The
jerseys of the Blacks are to be of any
color other than white, preferably
black or blue. The referee will be ei
ther Father Moran, of the Eugene par
ish, or Professor Colin V. Dyment,
who coaches the squad. The follow
ing men are ordered to report on Kin
caid at 3:00 o’clock tomorrow, and
are assigned to the teams as indi
cated below:
' Blacks
Goal—Gorescky.
Backs—Hazeltine and Hedges.
Halves—Belknap, Guy and Sims.
Right Wing—Wilhelm and Seng
stake.
Left Wing—Proctor and Hartley.
Center—Huston (field captain).
Whites
Goal—Kennon.
Backs—Spellman and Campbell.
Halves—Ralston, Rathbun and
Pearson.
Right Wing—Crockett and Hugh
Ford.
Left Wing—Sheehy and Neal Ford
(captain.)
Substitute*
Woodwortlf Egan, Melzer, Roberts.
The game will give the campus a
chance to see what the soccer squad
has accomplished since October 1, and
the encouragement of the students’
p&sence will be appreciated by the
players. a
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A MISTAKE
The Emerald wishes to ac
knowledge an error in the story
which appeared in the Tuesday is
sue under the headline, “West
ern Girls Are Slower Athletic
ally.” In the headline, Miss Da
vis was given credit for the state
ment, while, as a matter of fact,
it was made by Miss Harriet
Thompson, Assistant Physical In
structor, as the body of the story
shows.
HAIRLIP HANDICAP WILL BE
STARTED BY SENIOR MEN
Christmas Recess to Mark the Begin
ning of the Mustache-Growing
Contest
Moustaches, the 1916 Oregana .
class finances and Senior memorial,
took up the time of the Seniors yes
terday morning at their monthly
meeting in Deady.
Not to be outdone by their prede
cessors, the “Fourteeners,” this year’s
wearers of the sombrero, have decid
ed to keep the razor away from their
upper lips until the second semester,
the contest to start Christmas va
cation. As a handicap, it has been
decided to allow, the more youthful
members of the class to begin a week
early. A committee has been ap
pointed to determine the “head starts."
The Senior men will appear in two
weeks with the moustaches—brown
ones, black ones, white ones, fuzzy
ones, curly ones, straight ones, and,
in some cases, no prediction can be
ventured.
Lamar Tooze, representing the 1916,
Oregana, presented the subscription
proposition offered by the year-book.
Sam Michael reported on the Virgil
Noland Memorial. It was decided to
defer action until the matter was in
vestigated further.
Anthony Jaureguy, class Treasurer,
gave a short talk, outlining‘the finan
cial condition of the class. He said
that the 1915 Oregana committee was
making a thorough campaign among
the students for subscriptions to last
year’s book, and that a similar cam
paign would be launched among th^
alumni.
The Seniors decided to give a series
of Student Body dances to lighten the
class debt.
Preeident Ben F. Dorris presided at
the meeting and announced the fol
lowing committees: Virgil Noland
Memorial committee, Sam Michael,
chairman; Rose Sieler, Edith Moxley,
Velma Sexton, Ernest Vosper, Bert
Lombard. Senior Dance committee,
Elton Loucks, chairman; Bert Jerard
and Franklin Staiger.
COLLEGE DATES GRANTED BY
THE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
The following dates were granted
by the Student Affairs Committee at
it* regular bi-monthly meeting Wed
nesday afternoon:
January 22—Freshman-Sophomore
Debate.
February 19—University Orches
tra.
March 17, 18 and 19—Y. M. C. A.
—Addresses by Dr. W, D. Weather
ford, of Nashville, Tenn.
ASSOCIATION SHOWS STUPENDOUS
GROWTH IN 23 YEARS OF EXISTENCE
BEGINNING WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF 19 UNDER JOHN R.
MOTT THE Y.M.C.A, HAS INCREASED ACCELERATIVELY
UNTIL IT NOW NUMBERS 235 MEMBERS
4
FROSH WORSHIP FATIMA AND
ROYAL BACCHUS SATURDAY
Annual Freshman Smoker at the Kap
pa Sigma House Will Consist
* of Novel Stunts
I
The lid will be “lifted” Saturday
night at the annual Freshman smoker
given by the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
After a snappy program of boxing
and wrestling matches, the doors of
the historic “bar” will be thrown open
and Bacchus and Fatima will keep
the Froslj guzzling and inhaling until
midnight, when a surprise awaits
them. Frosh Tollman will preseide
over the “free lunch” and foamihg
steins, with Bert Ford directing the
various stunts.
This comes but once a year, and
all Freshmen are advised to cut the
“fantastics” which are also scheduled
for that night, that they may be pres
ent to rope and throw the horned
quadruped and rest their weary num
ber twelves on the shining brass rail.
FULL DRESS OPTIONAL
Sophomore Class Declines to Dictate
Dress Members Shall Wear
At Hop
The heads of the several commit
tees of the Sophomore Hop, under
General Chairman Bernard Breeding,
have had four meetings and one meet
ing with all the members of the com
mittees present, and preparations are
being thoroughly made for the dance,
according to Mr. Breeding.
The entire cost of the danpe will
be about $115.00
There will be a general meeting
of all the members of the dance com
mittees some time next week, and
Chairman Breeding urges all mem
ebrs to be present.
According to the resolution adopted
by the Sophomore class at the class
meeting Wednesday, it will be option
al with the men whether they wear
full dress or not.
The general sentiment seemed to be
do away with this time-honored cus
tom and to promote a more democrat,
ic spirit. Dr. Conklin, class advisor
for the men, commended the class on
the step it had taken in regard to
dress suits and urged members of the
class to' pay their tax. Without this
money Treasurer Scaiefe says it will
be impossible to give the dance.
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* PHI SIGMA ELECTS •
* DON ORPUTT •
* BOTHWELL AVISON
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The Zoology Club held its regular
meeting Tuesday afternoon in the Zo
ology Laboratory. Mr. A. C. Shel
ton gave a talk on “The Distribution
of Animal Life in Relation to Life
Zones.*
MEN LEAD
Organization Maintains Book Ex
change, Bible Classes, Lecture
Courses, Employment Bureau
The Student Young Men’s Christian
Association, from a membership of
19 at the time of its fpunding, 1892,
has grown in the 23 years of its ac
tive existence to an organization of
235 members.
Three and twenty years ago, John
R. Mott, recognized today %s the
greatest Association worker in the
world, and who recently declined an
ambassadorship to a foreign coun
try, organized the University of Or
egon Y. M. C. A. Frederick S. Dunn,
’92, at present Professor of Latin at
the University, was elected first pres
ident of the organiaztion. The work
of the Association has gone on con
tinuously since its inception.
Since 1910, the membership shows
an increase of exactly 100. Last year
the rolls included the names of 208
students. General Secretary Charles
W. Koyl predicts that this year’s list
will go to 275. Divided according to
student organizations, the Men’s Dor
mitory leads the field with 38 mem
bers. Beta Theta Pi is next with 19
and Kappa Sigma is accredited with
14. Non-fraternity membership num
bers 89. Among the foreign countries
represented are India, Greece, Japan
and China. 0. A. C., with a student
body including three times as many
men as the University, has a mem
bership of 400, or considerably less
than twice the local enrollment.
The administrative work of the As
sociation is in the handB of the Gen
eral Secretary, C. W. Koyl, who is
assisted by officers elebted by the As
sociation and a Cabinet appointed by
the President. This year’s officers
and cabinet members are: Herbert
Lombard, President; Ernest Vosper,
Vice-President; Roy Stephens, Secre
tary; Leslie Tooze, Treasurer; Cloyd
Dawson, Lamar Taloze, Brie Lane,
James Donald, Charles Collier, Martin
Nelson, William Holt, Tom Boylen
and Harold Hamstreet, Cabinet. Each
Cabinet member is a chairman of a
committee, 65 members doing commit
tee 0 work this year.
This year’s Bible Study classes in
clude 196 stpdents as against 187 last
year. Besides classes in fraternity
houses, there are five in Eugene
churches. Cloyd Dawson is in charge
of the Bible Study Department.
In addition to its other work, the Y.
M. C. A. maintains a book exchange
and employment bureaeu. So far this
year, the exchange has returned to
students in cash $170.50 through the
sale of second-hand Looks. Last year
the total sales of the Book Exchange
amounted to $502.05.
Seven hundred and seventy-five dol
lars have been earned by University
students since college started this
year from odd and regular jobs se
cured by the Employment Bureau,
according to the General Secretary.